Restaurant POS and ERP for India
For restaurants and cafes
Unnati is a cloud restaurant POS with a full ERP behind it. Orders raise a KOT on the kitchen display, tables stay open until they settle, recipes consume ingredients from the store as dishes sell, and each bill posts its GST accounting entry without a separate day-end exercise.
The kitchen, the counter and the store room, in step.
A restaurant loses money in three places at once: orders the kitchen hears late or twice, ingredients nobody reconciles against what was actually sold, and a day that gets re-typed into an accounting package at night.
Unnati joins them. The order raises the KOT, the bill consumes the recipe from the store, and the accounting entry posts as the bill is saved.
See the POS moduleWhat breaks in a restaurant
The kitchen finds out about an order late, or twice.
Orders raise a KOT that appears on the kitchen display, with KOT notes for special instructions and restaurant tables so a running table is never confused with a takeaway. Print management routes counter and kitchen printers separately.
For example: A table order at a Demo City outlet sends a KOT to the kitchen display, while the counter keeps the bill open until the table settles.
Nobody knows whether the store room matches what was sold.
Recipes link each dish to its ingredients, so selling a dish consumes the ingredient quantities from the store. Variance between theoretical and actual consumption becomes a number you can look at rather than a suspicion.
For example: Selling ten portions consumes the recipe quantities from Demo Warehouse, so the evening’s consumption is already recorded when the shift ends.
Happy hours and discounts are applied differently by every cashier.
Happy hours, coupons, offers and loyalty earning rules are configured centrally, with the hours and outlets they apply to. A cashier applies an approved scheme, not a private one.
For example: A happy-hour rate applies only between the configured hours at the configured outlet, and shows on the outlet report by scheme.
Every company, person and item code above is invented for illustration. We do not publish customer names or figures without written permission.
A cover, from order to books
The kitchen steps sit inside the same spine a retail sale follows.
- Step 1 of 6
Open the cashier session
A POS user opens a session on a counter at an outlet, with the opening float recorded.
Starts the chainHands on to Order
- Step 2 of 6
Take the order
At a table, at the counter or for takeaway, with variants and menu items drawn from your own menu.
Opens with Session openHands on to KOT
- Step 3 of 6
KOT to the kitchen
The kitchen display shows the KOT with notes. Print management routes the ticket to the right printer.
Opens with OrderHands on to Bill
- Step 4 of 6
Bill with GST
Coupons, offers, happy hours and loyalty points apply automatically. Tax applies at the configured rate for each item.
Opens with KOTHands on to Recipe
- Step 5 of 6
Recipe consumption
Ingredients leave stock through the recipe, so the store is reduced by what was actually sold.
Opens with BillHands on to Settle
- Step 6 of 6
Settle and close
Cash, card or credit to a customer khata, then closing the session gives the counter’s cash position with the ledger already posted.
Opens with RecipeCloses it
What you switch on for this
Every module is included in the subscription, so these are simply the ones this kind of business switches on first. Follow a link to read what each module does in detail.
What Unnati does not do here yet
Offline billing and a mobile POS are on the roadmap. The counter needs a working internet connection today, so plan a backup connection for outlets where the line is unreliable. The Electron desktop app handles USB and thermal printing at the counter and in the kitchen.
Frequently asked
More questions are answered on the FAQ page, and the security page sets out how your data is handled.
Book a counter demo
Bring one real document from last week. We will run it through Unnati on the call and tell you where it does not fit.
Prefer to read first? The comparisons with Tally, Odoo, ERPNext and Zoho are written to be checked, not believed — each one names what the other product does better.